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 A single event can seem different to every person that views it.


 

You are a reporter during the time of the Revolutionary War. You are going to create an online newspaper so that you will be able to inform fellow colonists about the current events happening around you. You will be writing the newspaper from you own personal perspective, being biased is okay. You will be a part of an editorial staff with like minded people who share the same perspective you do.

You are going to research different events that are happening in the Revolutionary War. Do not forget what your own personal perspective is because you are writing for like minded people and you do not want to end up tarred and feathered. You will enter eye witness accounts into a wiki you built and designed to look like a newspaper. Each member of the editorial staff will cover at least two different important stories that are going on, but you MUST remember to include multimedia into the wiki, such as pictures, videos, and sound, so that your online newspaper comes alive to your readers. Remember that you are a part of an editorial staff. You are there to help each other. Make sure to support your fellow staff members by bouncing ideas off of each other, and editing each others pages. You also want to keep up with the opposing classroom newspapers. Each member of the newspaper will be keeping up with one of the other newspapers. You will send an editorial to the newspaper you are "spying on.". Though remember that you must convey your ideas in a respectful way to your fellow Revolutionary War journalists and yet you want to try to sway them into seeing and understanding your perspective.

First off you should set up your wiki page and come up with a creative title for your newspaper.

Next you are going to want to brush up on your newspaper article writing skills.  Go check out the following websites to make sure you are at the top of your writing game.

Here is a wikihow website.
Some more great tips are here.


Next you are going to want to make sure you won't make your loyal readers angry. Double check that you understand what your perspective is. You can also refer to the Venn diagram you did in class.

Loyalists

Patriots

So much has been going on lately that you get a little confused as what happened when, it's okay that all the events blend together. Here are a couple of great resources to refresh your memory.

A timeline and an overview of most events reside on this webpage.
An overview of the American Revolution can be found on this page.

When you are writing a story you want to have at least two sources other than your textbook. Here are some resources to get you started.
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party information, and other accounts of the events to round out your account of the event.
Lexington and Concord
Timeline of the taxes can be found here.
This website is a great resource for a lot of the events.
Liberty Kids is a TV show depicting events in the Revolutionary War. Go to this website to watch episodes.

Since you only have one resource other than your textbook, you will have to find your own RELIABLE sources. Here are some helpful hints to get your searching started.

Download this worksheet to evaluate every web source you would like to use.

Here are a few links to spice up your newspaper; you wouldn't want to bore your readers.

Music from the Revolutionary War are located here and here.

Pictures from the Revolutionary War are located here. Please remember to make sure that the picture is either in the Public Domain or you have permission to use the picture. Please email the webpage and ask nicely for permission.

Now grab your pen and notebook and get going! 

 

This rubric is what will be used to evaluate your online newspaper. Please look at this rubric BEFORE you start your project so that you will know what is expected to be included in your newspaper. This checklist is the same one that you receive at the start of the WebQuest, it is here in case that you misplaced yours. It could be very helpful in helping you keep on track and making sure that you will remember all the components needed in your newspaper.

To look at a sample go here.